Piestewa, Lori Ann (1980–2003)
Piestewa, Lori Ann (1980–2003)
Hopi soldier. Born Lori Ann Piestewa, Dec 1980, in Winslow, Arizona; grew up in Tuba City; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq, Mar 23, 2003; dau. of Hopi father Terry Piestewa and Hispanic mother Priscilla Baca Piestewa; m. Bill Whiterock, a Navajo, 1997 (div. 2002); children: Brandon (b. 1998) and Carla (b. 1999).
Assigned to the 507th Maintenence Company, was the 1st US female soldier killed in the Iraq war and the 1st Native American woman to die in combat on foreign soil.
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